R3,000
Johann Baptist Homann - TOTIUS AFRICAE NOVA REPRAESENTATIO
Nuremburg: J B Homann, (1715) [1715]
Copperplate, centerfold, full colour, paper watermarked, soiling especially along margins, small tears along edges in margins, pencil notes in margin, small damp marks along right edge; verso: blank, paint show through, pencil notes
48,2 by 57,6cm
According to Norwich this is the first map to include a lengthy note verifying the accuracy of the source of the Nile (which is incorrect). Another interesting inaccuracy is the depiction of the real and fictitious St Helena. Note also the fat-tailed sheep with its tail on a cart in the elaborate cartouche.
LITERATURE
Norwich #72
Tooley Plate 51
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